C-7 corvette ?????

[Clem Z.]

http://jalopnik.com/398674/mystery-corvette-concept-from-transformers-2-movie-gets-new-beauty-shots-multiplies

[Stuart F.]

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Clem:

To die for-----------. Or is it To die before? (2013)!

Probably a V6 hybred by then.

Nice shots though. Thanks for posting.

Stu Fox

[Chuck S.]

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Nice...I think they even worked the 78-82 roofline/B Pillar into this one.

But...probably not the C7. Concepts are concepts...Some design features may make it onto the C7 (if it survives), but the production designs are usually evolutionary rather than revolutionary. I'm thinking they will think the concept car a little "hot" for general public consumption.

[George C.]

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Check this out about the Gen V smallblock. http://www.enginelabs.com/engine-tec...n-small-block/

[Mike E.]

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Thanks for the link...Sounds like some cool stuff is on the horizon. BTW some of the images in the article of older engines are gorgeous. These being my two favorite GEN I small blocks.

Links to the full size imges:

http://www.acdnow.com/corvette/65FI.jpg

http://www.acdnow.com/corvette/70LT1.jpg

[Terry M.]

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Thanks for the link...Sounds like some cool stuff is on the horizon. BTW some of the images in the article of older engines are gorgeous. These being my two favorite GEN I small blocks.

Links to the full size imges:

http://www.acdnow.com/corvette/70LT1.jpg

Mike, My favorite engine too, but they did a (add your favorite word) poor job on it. When was the last time you saw a corvette LT1 with an automatic transmission (see flex plate). Camaro, yes, but I think those took different exhaust manifolds. And where is the AIR system and the front spark plug heat shields and boomerang ignition shield. Paint job sucks too. I deduct for this kind of paint job -- too much paint -- and the pad, heater hose nipple and water pump outlet should not be painted all the way to the end. I think the inlet to the fuel pump faces the wrong direction, but I would have to check to be sure. I suppose they didn't intend for us to judge this, or it is just a graphic representation as someone just told me, but they ought to do better. After all they are Chevrolet. I hope they do better with the C7.

[Clem Z.]

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if you want to see some great cut away illustrations by david kimble of all GM performance engines find a 2011 calender called "the beauty of the beast" put out by GM

[Joe L.]

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Check this out about the Gen V smallblock. http://www.enginelabs.com/engine-tec...n-small-block/

George-----


Based on what I see here, this does not look very much like a completely new engine to me. It looks more like an updated version of the Gen III/IV small blocks. Actually, there have only been 2 completely new small blocks----the 1955 265 and the 1997 LS1. At this stage of the game, it's hard for me to imagine GM investing in a new-from-the-ground-up V-8 engine. I just don't think that V-8 engines have much of a future in a 53+ MPG CAFE world.

[Clem Z.]

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George-----


Based on what I see here, this does not look very much like a completely new engine to me. It looks more like an updated version of the Gen III/IV small blocks. Actually, there have only been 2 completely new small blocks----the 1955 265 and the 1997 LS1. At this stage of the game, it's hard for me to imagine GM investing in a new-from-the-ground-up V-8 engine. I just don't think that V-8 engines have much of a future in a 53+ MPG CAFE world.

as long as there are HD pickups there will be V-8 gas and diesels. you can not pull or haul a heavy load with batteries. the ford ecoboost is for the truck owners who haul mostly "air" in the beds of their trucks. ford recommend using premium gas if you are pulling or hauling a load

[Richard M.]

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George-----


Based on what I see here, this does not look very much like a completely new engine to me. It looks more like an updated version of the Gen III/IV small blocks. Actually, there have only been 2 completely new small blocks----the 1955 265 and the 1997 LS1. At this stage of the game, it's hard for me to imagine GM investing in a new-from-the-ground-up V-8 engine. I just don't think that V-8 engines have much of a future in a 53+ MPG CAFE world.

Maybe they're betting on lots of help from the Active Fuel Management system.......Hmmm a V4 in a Corvette!

[Joe L.]

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as long as there are HD pickups there will be V-8 gas and diesels. you can not pull or haul a heavy load with batteries. the ford ecoboost is for the truck owners who haul mostly "air" in the beds of their trucks. ford recommend using premium gas if you are pulling or hauling a load

clem------


Yes, there will be. However, I would say that the gasoline V-8 market is going to shrink to such a degree that you won't see GM investing in a new-from-the-ground-up V-8 gasoline engine. I think that "updates" of the Gen III/IV are about all you'll see.

I do think they'll be a new V-8 diesel for trucks and that engine will "expand into" mainstream truck use.

[Clem Z.]

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Maybe they're betting on lots of help from the Active Fuel Management system.......Hmmm a V4 in a Corvette!

http://www.enginelabs.com/news/video...-fuel-economy/

my guess that this setup will be rough running in a standard shift car. i noticed in my 6 speed manual corvette it not smooth, you can feel a jurky condition when using cruise control on down hills that i never felt in my auto trans corvettes. you need the torque converter to smooth out the jerkiness

[Terry M.]

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I think I got one from the Heratige Center when we were there as part of the Novi National. David does some truely remarkable work.

[Clem Z.]

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I think I got one from the Heratige Center when we were there as part of the Novi National. David does some truely remarkable work.

i supplied david with a picture of a original 427 425 HP piston dome so the could get the illustration correct

[Don L.]

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Hi Clem. Interesting.

FWIW, when I was @ the TREMEC plant in Mexico last year, I was told that they had the C7 manual trans business and that it was a 7 speed. We'll see. They offered to show it to be, but like a dummy, I declined due to time constraints that day.